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Youth Music and Arts Center in Flint Will Have Permanent Home Thanks to $200,000 Grant From C. S. Mott Foundation

December 21, 2010 | Categories: Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce, Newsroom | Tags: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Flint, Genesee County, Tim Herman, Uptown Reinvestment Corporation

(FLINT, MI – December 21, 2010) By next summer, Flint-area teens and college students will see a long-treasured venue for local music and art relocated and transformed, thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The grant will allow the Foundation for the Uptown Reinvestment Corporation to redevelop a vacant building in […]

Flint-Genesee Region Economic Development Playbook

December 20, 2010 | Categories: Economic Development, Newsroom, Partners for Progress | Tags: Flint, Genesee County

Moving our community to create jobs and promote a sustainable and prosperous future (Flint, Michigan—December 20, 2010) On Monday, December 20, a new Flint-Genesee County Economic Development strategy was announced during a 10:30 a.m. news conference hosted by Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce. Additionally Flint-Genesee County leaders have reached out to Governor-elect Rick Snyder […]

MEGA Board announces tax credit for Acument Global Technologies expansion project

December 14, 2010 | Categories: Economic Development, Newsroom | Tags: Acument Global Technologies, City of Fenton, Genesee County, Grand Blanc Township, Inc., MBT, MEDC, MEGA, Michigan, Michigan Business Tax, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Michigan Economic Growth Authority

(FLINT, MICHIGAN – December 14, 2010) Acument® Global Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of mechanical fastening products and services for the transportation market, has received an $874,651 tax credit from the Michigan Economic Growth Authority (MEGA) board for expansion projects at five facilities in Michigan, four of them in Fenton and Grand Blanc Township.

Dr. Laura Ann Carravallah and Katrina Khouri chosen as 2010 ATHENA Awards recipients

December 2, 2010 | Categories: Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce, Member Services, Newsroom | Tags: ATHENA Award, Genesee County

(Flint, Michigan, December 2, 2010) During a ceremony at the Riverfront Banquet Center on Thursday, December 2, 2010, the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce presented Dr. Laura Ann Carravallah with the prestigious 2010 ATHENA Award, and Katrina Khouri with the new 2010 ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award. These two outstanding women in our community […]

Genesee County is Looking Up

December 1, 2010 | Categories: Economic Development, Education & Training, Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce, Member Services, Newsroom | Tags: Genesee County

Chamber billboards get attention and promote incentives No longer Mid-Michigan’s best kept secret, the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce is making sure the community knows what they have to offer— one towering billboard at a time. “People may not realize the many different ways the Regional Chamber serves businesses and the community. We offer […]

Regional Chamber gets a GRYP on the holiday spirit

November 23, 2010 | Categories: Member Services, Newsroom | Tags: Flint, Genesee County, Genesee Regional Young Professionals, GRYP

(NOVEMBER 23, 2010, FLINT, MI)—The Genesee Regional Young Professionals (GRYP) is bringing beauty, cheer, and one of the only solar-powered Christmas trees in the Midwest to downtown Flint this holiday season. On Tuesday, November 30, amid the excitement of the Downtown Development Authority’s Flint Holiday Festival, Mayor Dayne Walling will help light up the GRYP […]